12/09/2008 @ 12:01AM

In Depth: Twenty Most Affluent U.S. Neighborhoods

The data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s three-year American Community Survey, which gathered findings between 2005 and 2007 and ranks cities, towns and Census-designated places (CDPs) with populations between 20,000 and 65,000. To determine the most affluent neighborhoods, we looked at the median income in each of these places.

19. Dix Hills, N.Y.

Median Household Income: $127,632

Right off the Long Island Expressway, this census-designated area is part of the larger town of Huntington, which puts an emphasis on public outreach, including art and theater initiatives, benefiting from Huntington’s efforts without spending money on its own municipal government.